Status
UNCAT ratification date
7 July 1988
OPCAT ratification date
14 September 2006
NPM designated
Ombudsperson's Office (Defensoría del Pueblo)
NPM Type
Ombuds Institution
NPM Legal Framework
Law N° 30394 (22 December 2015)
Peru ratified the OPCAT in 2006. Following consultations about the possible structure of the NPM, a law designating the Ombudsperson’s Office (Defensoría del Pueblo) as the NPM was enacted by Congress and published in the Official Gazette on 22 December 2015.
The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture visited Peru from 10 to 20 September 2013. The report has been made public.
The SPT member who is the SPT Focal Point for Peru is available here.